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Definition of take down
take down 
verb - transitive
- to defeat.
Citation from "Gone", Lie To Me (TV), Season 3 Episode 11 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Might Have Been", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to win, defeat.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.
- to physically take a person from their upright position to the ground.
Citation from "Of Ice and Men", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2006) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to attack, to fight.
Last edited on Mar 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 03 2013.
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Other terms relating to 'to attack, to fight': | |
| Definitions include: to beat someone up. | |
| Definitions include: to want to fight. | |
| Definitions include: to physically attack someone. | |
| Definitions include: to desire someone physically. | |
| Definitions include: aggravation. | |
| Definitions include: to beat a person. | |
| Definitions include: to beat with physical violence. | |
| Definitions include: a disagreement or fight. | |
| Definitions include: to violently beat. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to torture terribly, in the medieval style. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
| Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else. | |
| Definitions include: to regulate, often by force. | |
| Definitions include: to cause a crowd to disperse; BREAK UP. | |
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| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "cash rules everything around me". | |
| Definitions include: Used frequently in online gaming. | |
| Definitions include: anything great, cool, awesome. | |
| Definitions include: to severely beat up or injure. | |
| Definitions include: to be victorious; defeat. | |
| Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority. | |
| Definitions include: to strongly defeat during a competitive activity. Etymology: someone that was "schooled" has been "taken to school." | |
| Definitions include: Alternate spelling of own. | |
| Definitions include: a slap of the manner described in the verb form. | |
| Definitions include: to abuse or damage, usu. to the point of uselessness or maximum damage. | |
| Definitions include: to defeat. | |
| Definitions include: Milwaukee's Best brand beer. | |
| Definitions include: a musical phrase. | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic and comprehensive win. | |
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Other terms relating to 'down': | |
| Definitions include: to prepare for hardship. | |
| Definitions include: a fight or severe beating. | |
| Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up. | |
| Definitions include: To back down from a situation. | |
| Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet. | |
| Definitions include: also "bow down to the white porcelain god." | |
| Definitions include: to sadden one. | |
| Definitions include: to greatly impress a crowd. | |
| Definitions include: unattractive. | |
| Definitions include: a person who has oral sex and intercourse with multiple people. | |
| Definitions include: To knuckle down; To submit to; To melt down; Unable to take the heat; To give in | |
| Definitions include: overly formal, conservative. | |
| Definitions include: to eat. | |
| Definitions include: to give someone oral sex. | |
| Definitions include: to stop being angry. | |
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Other terms relating to 'take': | |
| Definitions include: "chill, don't worry about it." | |
| Definitions include: a second look. | |
| Definitions include: compromise. | |
| Definitions include: "Both people involved in a bad situation are to be blamed." | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely, or defeat severely. | |
| Definitions include: taking bribes. | |
| Definitions include: the result of someone taking the piss. | |
| Definitions include: to rob or extort. | |
| Definitions include: to have to go take a shit. | |
| Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. | |
| Definitions include: to get something to eat. | |
| Definitions include: to take a look. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: he needs to relax. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
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